Coleopterous Insects of Maine. 5 
acris. lt is the counterpart of the B. 4—punctata of 
Europe, but is smaller. 
5. ELATER ANCHORAGO. 
E. corpore attenuato; dormi gen nis pectinatis; serie: cupreo, profundé 
pore tees lytris Į P ginato 
Body attenuated, palpi blackish: antenne black or 
purplish black, strongly pectinated: head and thorax 
coppery, deeply punctured, the latter not dilated; con- 
vex on each side of the median furrow, which is deeply 
impressed; base hairy; margin slightly curved; poste- 
rior angles very acute: scutel darker than the elytra 
which are testaceous, deeply punctured, with moderately 
impressed strie; punctures of the strie darker than on 
the inaen spaces; apex rather acute, with a dark 
purplish, narrow spot, extending from the tip almost to 
the middle of the outer margin: legs coppery, rather 
hairy: feet somewhat piceous: pectus and abdomen 
metallic, densely and profoundly punctured. 
Length from five tenths to six tenths of an inch. 
Several specimens occurred early in June, on the 
bald summit of the Blue Mountains. lt is readily dis- 
tinguished by its pectinated antennz, and is the counter- 
part of the E. signàtus of Europe. 
6. ELATER APPROPINQUANS. 
E. corpore dilatato, infra nigro; antennis serratis; thorace nigro, 
nitido, punctulato, margine curvato, angulis posticis acutis; scu- 
tello nigro, ovato; elytris viridibus, nitidis, striis punctulatis. 
Body broad: head black, polished, deeply punctured: 
antenne serrate ; joints beyond the third, somewhat cor- 
